The Northern District (Hebrew: מחוז הצפון‬, Mehoz HaTzafon; Arabic: منطقة الشمال‎, Minṭaqat ash-Shamal) is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,478km², which increases to 4,638km² when both land and water are included. The district capital and largest city in the North District is Nazareth.

The Golan Heights has been run as a sub-district of the North District of Israel since the 1981 Golan Heights Law was passed; the law is not internationally recognized, and the unenforced United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 declared the annexation invalid. Excluding the Golan Heights, which covers a land area of 1,154km², the Northern District covers 3,324km² (3,484km² including water).

Demographics

According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics data for 2016:[1]